Topic The definitions of the activities and behaviours that constitute sexual assault differ in various cultures and legal jurisdictions. Therefore many victims of sexual assault might be unsure of... Read more

About the author: Dr. Bente Scheller is the director of the Middle East Office of Heinrich Boell Foundation in Beirut, Lebanon. She holds a PhD from Free University Berlin and specializes in foreign... Read more

Topic In October 1917, when the British colonial army advanced from the Sinai Desert into Palestine, the Ottoman government in Istanbul promulgated the Law of Family Rights, followed by a new Law of... Read more

Topic Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces characterised by violence against women, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently... Read more